Outpatient care for venous leg ulceration in Germany: A retrospective claims data analysis
In outpatient VLU care around 80% of patients do not receive consistent compression therapy and are therefore not adequately treated. There is an urgent need for action to improve treatment of patients with VLU in Germany.
Authors
- Attila Altiner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2429-933X)
- Jona Frasch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1763-8882)
- Kerstin Protz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1509-7055)
- G Laux
- Regina Poß‐Doering
- Thomas Grobe
- Thomas Fleischhauer
- Joachim Szecsenyi
- Jonas D. Senft
- Lisa Weller
Institutions
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (US)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JDDG Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ddg.70021
- Primary Topic
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00